Category: Campus life

The giant cafeteria on the UW-Madison campus that took up residence in the old Gordon Commons, or ?Pop?s,? is something to behold.

A woman described by police as “college-age” was robbed of her purse and cell phone at gunpoint early Friday on the Near West Side, according to a news release from Madison police.

Off stage, UW-Madison senior and computer engineering major Eric Dahl ? Silo?s alter ego ? has the young, hip look of a college student.

Safety concerns rising after shots are fired on the UW-Madison campus Wednesday night.  Police say two teens were attempting to rob a student at gunpoint.  

Starting this year, Madison required AlcoholEdu for incoming freshmen, transfer students and those returning to University housing, said Reonda Washington, community health specialist for Madison?s University Health Services.

UW-Madison?s online course to teach students about the dangers of high-risk drinking hasn?t come a moment too soon.

Seven women at UW-Madison are being honored with the Outstanding Women of Color award for their work in social justice, service, research and community building.

Four residences on Langdon Street, were hit by burglars during the weekend, with money and electronics the targeted items.

Another practice gaining traction — one from which non-trans students will benefit just as much — is a preferred name policy. The new one at the University of Wisconsin at Madison allows students to note their preferred name through their online learning platform, which is then transmitted to class rosters and the online student directory. While plenty of students of all gender identities may prefer a nickname to a given name, the issue is important for many transgender students for whom the name with which they were born represents a gender with which they don?t identify.

The burglary, in the 100 block of Lathrop Street, was the fourth reported to police in the Downtown/Near West Side/UW-Madison campus area in recent weeks.

Replacement parts and new technologies needed in deep space may only be a print job away if  an interdisciplinary team of University of Wisconsin undergraduates succeeds in designing and constructing a collapsible 3-D printer for use on manned, zero gravity space explorations like those of the International Space Station.

Concerned about increasing pressure for development, a group of UW-Madison students is asking the city to consider creating a local historic district in the Langdon neighborhood near campus.

Gerald Kocken of De Pere bought his first telescope 15 years ago, and he didn?t stop there.

Benjamin Newman, a lieutenant with the police department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will become the new director of the Department of Public Safety at Southern Illinois University Carbondale on Oct. 9.

Besides warnings about alcohol and sexual assault, the UW Police Department?s September newsletter contains a story about a group of student volunteers performing “bleeding/wound care, spinal immobilization and advanced airway management.”

Police believe an armed robbery on the 1600 block of Adams Street Wednesday morning is the latest in a string of armed robberies surrounding the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus area, according to Madison Police Department South District Capt. Joe Balles.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Transportation Services will offer a shuttle bus to students who cannot physically make the trek up Bascom Hill, according to a UW-Madison news release.

On the same day that U.S. News & World Report announced college rankings, a different college list came out. CraftBeer.com announced 15 craft beer obsessed college football towns.

A UW-Madison Police officer was injured in a crash Saturday while on his way to escort the Tennessee Tech football team to Camp Randall Stadium.

To Melissa McLimans, history is no joke.Then again, sometimes it is.

Three incidents that occurred in the campus area in the past week were brought to the attention of University of Wisconsin students in a ?timely warning? issued by officials Thursday afternoon. 

UW police are warning students about excessive drinking after a high number incidents involving alcohol ? including some dangerous levels of intoxication and incapacitation ? in their first week back on campus.